Chromville vs OctoStudio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chromville
This augmented reality educational game brings coloring pages to life. Download the app for free, color printed pages from the website, and watch your creations interact with the virtual world.
- Augmented reality integration
- Interactive 3D adventures
- Printable coloring pages
- Coloring pages come alive
- Multiple virtual villages
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LEARNING WHILE HAVING FUN Educational game app based on augmented reality. Join the 3D adventure and your paints come alive! Just download Chromville for free. HOW TO USE 1. DOWNLOAD for free CHROMVILLE app 2. VISIT www.chromville.com and PRINT chapters pages 3. COLORIZE printed coloring pages 4. START with play button and SELECT the specific village of your printed chapter-page 5. POINT to the page The ancient world Chromville, is well known for its power source of color. It´s placed in a galaxy far, far away and there are at least five villages: Firecity, Stonetown, Greenland, Waterville and Cloudskingdom. Its inhabitants, the chromers, use to look like their environment and live in peace thanks to the colorful beauty of their homeland. However, the planet´s color is fading away mysteriously at some regions and they are in danger of losing its power.
OctoStudio
Create animations and games using coding blocks on your mobile device. Bring your own photos and sounds to life, and share your interactive projects with others. Developed by the creators of Scratch at MIT, it's a free and fun way to learn coding.
- Create animations and games
- Use coding blocks
- Incorporate photos and sounds
- Interactive project features
- Share projects as video or GIF
- Offline project creation
- Learn coding through play
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With OctoStudio, you can create animations and games on your mobile phone or tablet. Made by the creators of Scratch at MIT. Code an animated story or game using your own artwork, sounds, and ideas. OctoStudio is completely free of charge - with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collected. Create projects without needing an internet connection. Available in more than 30 languages. OctoStudio is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group, the MIT Media Lab team that invented Scratch, the world’s most popular coding language for kids. Create • Create animations, games, and anything else you can imagine • Combine emojis, photos, drawings, sounds, and movement • Make your projects come alive with coding blocks Interact • Make interactive games you can play by tilting your phone • Shake your phone or use a magnet to start your project • Make your projects speak aloud • Code your phone to buzz or turn on and off the flashlight • Collaborate across phones using the beam block Share • Record your project as a video or animated GIF • Export your project file for others to play • Send to family and friends Learn • Get started with intro videos and ideas • Explore and remix sample projects • Develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills • Learn to code in a playful and meaningful way OctoStudio has been designed in collaboration with educators in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and other countries around the world. To learn more about OctoStudio or share your feedback, please visit us at www.octostudio.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: OctoStudio at 65 against Chromville's 2. OctoStudio also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 67%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Chromville's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chromville holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OctoStudio has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Chromville's written reviews are positive against 84% of OctoStudio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chromville ships an update every 3 months, OctoStudio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chromville | OctoStudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 300 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imascono Art S.L. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Customer experience
Chromville
OctoStudio
In-app purchases
Chromville
No in-app purchases
OctoStudio
No in-app purchases
